Monthly Archives: May 2017

Improvement, progress. To improve. This is the time. Graduations abound. Students are completing one chapter in their lives, gearing up for the next chapter. It never ends, right? Holomua. Progressing. Moving forward. Holomua is comprised of two words: holo – to go; … Continue reading →

n. Mother, aunt, female cousin or relative of parents’ generation. Makua – parent Hine – short for wahine, woman. This Sunday, Lāpule, we celebrate all makuahine, all the mamas out there and that includes your mom, aunties and all the … Continue reading →

n. Night of the full moon. When this moon set before daylight it was called Hoku Palemo, Hoku that slips away. When it set after daylight it was called Hoku Ili, grounded Hoku. (Malo 32.) Cf. hōkū, star. Ka mahina o Hoku, the full moon of the night Hoku. (PEP … Continue reading →

1. nvi. Fruit, tuber, egg, produce, yield, ovum, seed, grain, offspring; meat as in ʻopihi shell or ʻalamihi crab; to bear fruit, tuber or seed; to bear a child; fruitful.  2. n. Round object, as pill or bead. 3. n. … Continue reading →

1. n.v. Not, without, lacking; to deny; zero, nothing, nought, negative; nothingness, nobody; im-, in-, un-.  2. (Cap.) For nights of the moon beginning with ʻOle. Collectively these nights were called nā ʻOle; they were considered unlucky for fishing, planting, or beginning any important activity … Continue reading →

1. n. Lord, master, overseer, employer, owner, possessor, proprietor. A chief was often addressed as ē kuʻu haku, my master. See Haku-o-Hawaiʻi. Kona haku, his lord. ʻO Iēhowa ka Haku (Isa. 50.5), the Lord Jehovah. hoʻo.haku To act as haku, … Continue reading →